Liebherr

Liebherr Company Profile

Liebherr was established in 1949 and is a family owned and operated business providing a wide range of products and services. The company is at the global forefront in the manufacture of construction machinery and is a supplier of technically innovative user-orientated products within numerous fields. The product range includes domestic appliances, refrigeration and freezing equipment, cranes, aviation equipment, machine tools, port equipment and transport systems.

Liebherr has grown into a large organisation, employing over 32,600 people throughout the world. The company is divided into a number of smaller units, which operate independently. This ensures close customer relations and the ability to respond flexibly to changes within the market. Liebherr has development and production facilities across four continents and has established a widely respected reputation within the construction and civil engineering industries.

Liebherr takes great pride in maintaining exceptionally high standards, of which all products must comply and attaches great importance to in-house control of key technologies. Major components for the equipment also comes from in-house production and includes electrics, electronics, transmission, hydraulics, hydraulic rams, anti-friction bearings and diesel engine product groups.

Services

Liebherr offers a vast array of services including an online shop, rental services, used machinery and parts, industrial plant and equipment, logistics and purchasing, EDI, electronic engineering and LiDAT data transmission and positioning for machinery.

Products

The vast product range covers a wide variety of industries and requirements and includes:

Construction Cranes

The construction crane range includes machines of all systems and size categories, providing the ideal lifting technology for any civil engineering task. Cranes available include:

• Fast erecting cranes
• Flat top cranes
• Top-slewing cranes
• Luffing jib cranes
• Special cranes
• Crawler cranes
• Mobile construction cranes
• Mobile cranes including LG lattice/boom cranes, truck mounted telescopic cranes and compact cranes

Port Equipment

The port equipment range of products provides purpose-planned solutions for cargo handling and products include:

• Mobile harbour cranes
• Ship-to-shore container cranes
• Fixed and travelling cargo cranes
• Rail mounted stacking cranes
• Rubber tyre gantry cranes
• Reachstackers
• Dockyard cranes
• Hydraulic excavators
• Loaders and crawlers

Maritime Cranes

Liebherr has developed a range of maritime cranes for material handling tasks. The cranes include ship cranes, floating cranes and offshore cranes.

Deep Foundation Machinery

The deep foundation machinery range is designed to offer piling and drilling rigs that are highly productive, reliable and versatile. The range includes rotary drilling rigs, pilling and drilling rigs and fixed and swinging leaders.

Mixing Technology

Liebherr offers a range of mixing plant and truck mixers to provide solutions for the economical production and optimum transportation of concrete. Products include truck mixers, conveyors, batching and recycling plants, mixer, control and scraper systems and measuring technology.

Earthmoving Equipment

The earthmoving sector requires an extensive range of equipment to tackle a wide range of jobs. The equipment includes:

• Wheeled, crawler, mining, electric and pontoon excavators
• Articulated and mining trucks
• Wheel and crawler loaders
• Crawler tractors
• Pipelayers
• Duty cycle crawler cranes
• Telescopic handlers

Mining Equipment

Throughout the world the mining industry requires loading and transport machinery that can work under the most arduous conditions and remain reliable and effective. The product range includes mining excavators and trucks.

Cargo Handling

Liebherr provides a wide range of purpose-built machinery and technologies for handling a vast array of goods handling and products include:

• Mobile harbour, ship, container and crawler cranes
• Reachstackers
• Wheeled, crawler and electric excavators
• Wheel and crawler loaders
• Telescopic handlers

Machine Tools

Liebherr is a leading manufacturer of gear hobbing machines, generating and profile grinding machines and cutting tools. These products are widely used by renowned companies across the international motor industry.

Aerospace

Within the aviation equipment product sector, Liebherr provides aircraft air management, flight control and actuation systems, hydraulic systems and landing gears. The systems are installed on board many civil and military aircraft programmes, commercial transport aircraft, commuter and regional aircraft, business jets, fighters, military transport and trainer aircraft as well as civil and combat helicopters. The company also provides a comprehensive OEM customer service, based upon a global network and includes repair and overhaul services, engineering support, documentation, spare parts and AOG service.

Components

Liebherr has many years of experience in the development, design and manufacture of engines, hydraulic pumps, hydraulic cylinders and splitter boxes. Slewing and travel gear elements, large diameter bearings, rope winches, electronic components, electric motors and switchgear cabinets are all manufactured in-house.

Transportation Systems

Liebherr is a premier manufacturer of equipment for rail vehicles. The product range includes conventional and forced-convection air conditioning systems, hydraulic suspension controls, systems to stop jack-knifing, special shock absorbers and vehicle tilting systems. These products feature on high speed trains, main-line trains, streetcars and other rail vehicles throughout the world.

Domestic Appliances

Liebherr’s range of domestic appliances is renowned for its brilliant concept, modern design and well-planned solutions for ultimate user convenience. The range includes table-top, free-standing and combined refrigerators and freezers. Also available are chest freezers, food storage and drink cooling refrigerators, wine cooling and wine-temperature control cabinets and refrigerators and freezers for commercial use.

The Liebherr Group has gained notoriety throughout the world and across numerous industries for innovative, effective, reliable and quality products. The extensive product range is backed up by a comprehensive research and development programme and superior after-sales and service programmes. The knowledgeable and dedicated sales teams within each industry sector are available to offer comprehensive advice and information.

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